Formula E Racing News

Following RACER's Formula E 101 preview, veteran open-wheel and sports car driver Katherine Legge gives you a first-hand account of what it's like to drive the all-electric Formula E car she pilots for the Amlin Aguri team. I've raced a lot of open-wheel cars, including Atlantics, Champ Cars, Indy cars, and it's not until you take the bodywork off the Spark Formula E car that you notice a differe...

FIA Formula E CEO Alejandro Agag's grand, all-electric experiment is just days away from being presented to the world on the streets of Beijing, China. Formula E's series opener will unveil a new and unproven concept in professional motor racing â a field comprised of identical open-wheel cars with batteries in place of combustion engines. And while there's plenty of potential for success, there'...

Nelson Piquet Jr. will compete in the inaugural Formula E championship for China Racing. The Brazilian driver has been pursuing a career in U.S. racing since leaving Formula 1 in 2009, competing in NASCAR Truck and Nationwide Series as well as making his Sprint Cup debut at Watkins Glen earlier this month. Piquet, who is also currently the Global Rallycross championship leader, participated in th...

Sebastien Buemi capped off his dominant Formula E pre-season testing form by topping the times in Tuesday's final Donington Park test. The ex-Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver recorded the quickest time for the e.dams team in both sessions, with a best effort of 1m31.792s in the afternoon. "We're really happy with today, especially being the last test before Beijing," said Buemi. "We still have a few i...

Formula E has carried out two simulations of its race weekend format at Donington Park, ahead of its inaugural event in Beijing next month. The series' 10 teams went through the full procedure of practice, qualifying and races, including the mandatory mid-race car swaps, using a temporary pit facility created to mimic the championship's street venues. Other procedures were also simulated, includi...

Former Formula 1 driver Nelson Piquet Jr will return to the wheel of a single-seater when he makes his debut with a Formula E car on Thursday. The Brazilian, who last raced in F1 in 2009, will join Team China Racing as Formula E continues with pre-season testing at the Donington Park circuit. Piquet, 28, is currently competing in the Global Rallycross Championship, which he is leading. China Raci...

Formula E has unveiled the track layout it will use for the fourth round of its inaugural season in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The 1.516-mile track will run anti-clockwise around the Puerto Madero district and will feature a total of 12 corners. The event will take place on Jan. 15. Buenos Aires is the fifth track layout unveiled by Formula E officials, and the second in South America together with...

Campos Racing will be in charge of running Team China during the inaugural Formula E championship that kicks off later this year. The agreement was announced on Friday and it means former Formula 1 driver Adrian Campos will become team manager of the Formula E squad. Steven Lu will be team principal. Campos's team will be in charge of the technical direction of the Chinese squad. Its FE program i...

Sebastien Buemi topped the first day of official Formula E testing at Donington Park on Thursday for the Alain Prost-associated e.dams squad. The ex-Formuula 1 racer, now a Toyota LMP1 driver in the World Endurance Championship, set the fastest time of 1m35.475s on a modified track with an extra chicane after the Old Hairpin, in the final hour of the day. "I'm more than happy," said Buemi. "It is...

Red Bull Formula 1 reserve and BMW DTM racer Antonio Felix da Costa will drive for the Aguri team in the 2014/15 Formula E season. Da Costa joins Katherine Legge in the lineup at ex-F1 driver's Aguri Suzuki's squad. The deal makes Aguri the seventh of the 10 FE teams to finalise its driver strength ready for this week's inaugural series test at Donington Park, which takes place on Thursday and Fr...

Mike Conway will drive for Dragon Racing in the inaugural Formula E Championship. The 30-year-old Briton is currently contesting a part-time IndyCar season with Ed Carpenter Racing, winning the Long Beach round in April, and is also a test and reserve driver for Toyota's LMP1 program. Jay Penske's Dragon Racing team ran an IndyCar operation until the end of last year. Conway is the first driver t...

Ex-Formula 1 driver Scott Speed will drive Andretti Autosport's Formula E car in this week's Donington Park test, with series ambassador Gil de Ferran also trying the Spark-Renault. Michael Andretti's team has so far only announced Franck Montagny as a driver for its FE squad. Speed, who raced in F1 with Toro Rosso from 2006 to mid-'07, now drives for Andretti's factory Volkswagen program in the ...

Formula E boss Alejandro Agag is so confident that the London fixture will go ahead in Battersea Park that he is refusing to discuss the championship's back-up plans for the race in the UK capital. Agag and deputy Mayor of London Sir Edward Lister have revealed that there are alternatives should Formula E's preferred option of the 200-acre park in the London Borough of Wandsworth fail to come to ...

Formula E has chosen London's Battersea Park as its preferred venue for the finale to its inaugural season. London was one of the cities originally chosen from 23 applicants in 2013 to host a race the Battersey venue was confirmed as the "chosen location" for the June 27 race at the championship's launch event in London (pictured) on Monday evening. Mayor of London Boris Johnson said the event "i...

Formula E has made changes to its proposed "Fan Boost" system, which will allow a public vote to determine which drivers are given extra power to deploy during a race. At the championship's launch event in London on Monday it was revealed that the power boost available has been increased to 90hp. The online fan vote, which will close shortly before the start of a race, will allow the three most p...